Reaction Paper #2

Since we chatted about Facebook today... let's do the next paper on it!

Background on Facebook:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/32261

http://www.newsweek.com/id/207843

Privacy concerns:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122170459104151023.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

http://www.startribune.com/local/west/13549646.html

http://www.newsweek.com/id/32332

http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1055.html


Do high school officials have a right to scour Facebook or MySpace pages to find evidence and punish students? What are the arguments here? If the page is set to private and they try to get around (by, say, using one of your friends as a spy), is it any different than trying to go into someone's room and search? Is there anything you do to protect you privacy? In your experience, are your friends concerned about what images go on their Facebook? Have you ever been tagged in a photo you didn't want up? Why do people put photos up that might hurt them later?